Second Time Around

"I'm here and with Brandon."

"Daddy!" he said as he ran towards Phil.

"Congratulations." his mother said.

"Thanks Mom, it was hard work." Phil joked as he picked up Brandon.

"Hush you, I was talking more to Lacy."

"Thank you." Lacy laughed lightly as they walked into the room. "Also, I love how Brandon totally ignored me." She smirked before motioning to the sleeping infant in her arms. "And this is Allison."

Phil kissed Brandon's cheek and brought him over by Lacy. "We're going to see your new sister." he told him.

"Aw, she is just so cute." she said. "Birth went okay?"

Brandon peered down at Lacy, holding Allison. "Baby?" he gawked.

"It hurt like a bi-- it hurt." She shook her head. "Epidurals don't help."

"Yep, baby." he said.

"I never had one. I should have with big head over there." she said pointing at Phil.

"I didn't have one with Brandon." She chuckled before looking up at Brandon. "This is your little sister, Allison."

Brandon stared for a bit before determing, "baby ugly."

"Aw, that's not nice Brandon." Phil's mother chuckled.

"Be nice." Phil said.

"I nice." Brandon told them in a matter of fact tone of voice, which made Lacy snort.

"You called your sister ugly." he said. "That's not nice. If somebody said that to you, you wouldn't like it."

"Christ Phil. Make the kid self-conscious now."

"But he's not ugly, so it doesn't matter." he said.

"I not ugly!" Brandon looked at his dad as if he were insane. "Down, I want down." he pouted.

"See what you do?" Lacy shook her head with a small laugh as Allison woke up, opening her eyes for the first time.

"I didn't say you were." he said as he put Brandon down. "I'm not saying anything anymore." he pouted.

"Dealing with three kids there Lacy." his mother joked. "Oh, morning Allison." she smiled.

Brandon pretty much ignored Phil, lol, and went back over to his grandma. She was nice.

"So far, I like Allison. She's the quiet one." Lacy chuckled as Allison looked around the room, her eyes flickering from Brandon, to her grandmother, to Phil and back to Lacy. She yawned a bit and closed her eyes. "So far, she's like me." She smirked.

"I would think that's a good thing." his mother chuckled as she picked up Brandon.

"That she sleeps all day?" She chuckled.

"Yeah, a quiet baby is the best. Phil was good when he was a baby. Only cried when he was hungry and needed a diaper change. Now he just....doesn't cry at all."

"He still needs the diaper changes, though." She joked.

"He's a big boy, he can do it himself."

"I hope he can, otherwise I'd have to leave him."

"Don't think he would be able to survive."

She shook her head with a chuckle. "I probably couldn't either."

"Well as twisted as this may sounds, that's a good thing. Means you two are crazy about each other."

"Or just crazy." She joked lightly.

"Maybe." she joked back. "I better get going then, let you all get some rest. I just had to bring Brandon by and see Allison."

"Okay, thanks so much for coming by." She smiled appreciatively. "You might want to take Phil with you, too," she said smugly. "He needs his rest, too."

"Do not." he muttered.

"I'd rather not." she joked.